Music of the Jivaro of Ecuador (1973) CD

$1799

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

"The
rugged, forested hills of the eastern slopes of the Andes have long
constituted one of the last great sanctuaries of American Indian groups
relatively independent of white domination. Of these groups, probably
none has been more prominent than the Jívaro of eastern Ecuador who, at
present, number approximately 15,000 persons. For almost four centuries
the Jívaro successfully resisted attempts by would-be conquerors to
settle permanently in their territory despite the fact that they occupy
one of the richest regions of placer gold deposits in South America..."